It seems backwards.

 I've been toting my recent weight loss accomplishments, only to step on the scale this morning and see a not so friendly number.

I'm up seven pounds.

This is me not freaking out (this is me lying).

I've heard rumors of the initial crossfit gain, but I certainly didn't believe it. I mean I've been doing crossfit for months? ehh.... not really. Going a couple times few weeks is not enough to really shock the system.
But the past few weeks.... I've been working my ass off getting to class at least four times/ week and rocking it, if I do say so myself.

This article shed some helpful light on the ups and downs of starting crossfit http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/10/21/the-ten-things-that-happen-when-you-begin-crossfit/

My fabulous friend Jen also put it perfectly "I guess that since we are super buff and fit as shit, we are going to have to get used to weighing a little more while being smaller"

I'll take it. 

Benchpressing backstreet boys

 I've started to naturally wake up at 4:30am

 which really is just plain rude. 

Granted my alarm is set for 4:45am.......but those extra 15 minutes make a big difference.....

This week has been tough, but successful in the super non-scale-victory kind of way.

1RM of #123

During PE or track in high school, we'd spend time in weight conditioning. To be perfectly honest, I enjoyed those days the most--- because if we were inside the weight room, we weren't outside running. I'd like to smack my former self.
For as athletic as I was, and I've always been strong, I didn't know how to push myself or to use my muscles efficiently. Bench pressing the 45 pound bar was nearly impossible to me.

This week at Stumptown, we are establishing our 1RM and its a little nerve wracking to me still.

Thursday, I shimmied under the bar to do some warm-up presses--- nervously hoping that the work I've put in during the past few years won't magically dissipate as I lift the bar off the hooks. Its easy peasy, to my relief. So we add weight, and then some more, and then a little more. As I lowered a solid 95# down onto my chest and then pushed it into the air, the woman lifting with me said I made it look easy, slicing the air like butter. It was such a delight to me. Granted, #95 is not some world feat or particularly impressive in the grand scheme of things, but I am elated with myself.

I think the best part of crossfit is walking into a workout filled with preconceived notions about what I can and can't do, and then smashing those doubts with every rep and drop of sweat. 

Death by Crossfit: 2013 look out

2013 is off to a great start

I bought a car,  I now haul my ass out of bed at 5am almost every day, and work my butt off till I drop; all for the love of crossfit. 

But, let me tell you.

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!!!!! TAKE SIX WEEKS OFF CROSSFIT.

EVER.

Some of the delightful WODs I endured this week have really made simply walking a torturous event. Lets not even talk about sitting to standing...

Evil wheels are indeed, evil.

This mornings workout.... death by burpees. 20 minutes of Burpee filled hell.

I have never been so sore. Granted, I feel f*cking amazing, so its totally worth it.

 

2012 BAM

So this would be my belated happy new year in review blah blah blah post. 

2012 was an incredible year of transformation for me.

• I finally started recording music with the amazing Kelsey Anderson. 

Check out some of our work on the youtubes

• I bought a house!!!

Someone, somewhere thought it was a great idea to loan a single 24 year old woman with copious student loan and credit card debt an exorbitant amount of money. Thank god they did, because I now have a charming Portland 1950s bungalow to call home.

• I totally transformed my diet and the way I approach nutrition. 

Vegan to Paleo. What a trip. I reread a post from my super skeptical self from January 2012. Its pretty evident that I thought this paleo shmaleo thing was a load of crap. (Read for yourself) But as you may have guessed, now, a year later, I am a huge proponent of the Paleo or Primal lifestyle. It has completely changed my life, and I dont just meant the smaller pants I can now shimmy into. I am significantly healthier, emotionally and physically.

• I lost 50 net pounds, 66lbs of fat, and 36.5 inches.

I worked my ass off for this loss (or gain, depending on how you look at it). The wonderful trainers at Portland FitBody Bootcamp played a huge role in my success and I am unbelievably grateful for all the support they provided.

 

Dec 2011

Sept 2012

"You hit your goal!" tackle and laugh. NYE 2012

I am excited for 2013. I am back in action at Crossfit Stumptown and am ready to rock the rest of my goals.



2013 Smashin Goals

• Hit CrossFit at least 3/wk
• Lose 30 pounds
• Record and release an album with Kelsey Anderson
• Practice music at least 3/wk
• Save enough money to take the coveted disneyland trip with manfriend. Yes. That's on my list.